About Mark
Mark Anderson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 45 years of experience. He brings a calm, practical style to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and depression. Mark speaks English and works with clients in Michigan and with international clients online.
Mark uses straightforward conversations to help people sort through painful problems. He blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques to tackle unhelpful thinking and build coping skills.
How Mark works
He also draws on trauma-focused and solution-focused work when addressing traumatic experiences or specific goals. Many people come to him for help with relationship and intimacy-related issues, family stress, and struggles with self-esteem or anger. He also supports those facing career crossroads, life purpose questions, and compassion fatigue.
End-of-life and hospice concerns are among his additional areas of focus. Sessions aim to restore hope and teach practical tools. Mark helps people recognize patterns, rehearse new responses, and set manageable steps forward.
Treatment plans are shaped around what each person needs and wants to achieve. Over decades in mental health and addiction treatment, he has worked with a wide range of concerns related to substance use and co-occurring mental health issues. That background informs his approach to recovery, relapse prevention, and grief work.
He invites people to try a few sessions and see what fits.
Mark lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Mark works with
The areas below are the ones Mark selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 45 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and the therapist listens and reflects. This approach helps people feel heard and better understand their own priorities, which can be useful for issues like grief, life purpose, and self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing patterns of behavior through practical exercises. It is often used for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and social anxiety because it gives concrete skills people can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will talk together about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. This collaborative process helps match techniques to the problems people bring and to their preferences for change.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing, fit therapy into a busy day, and review messages afterward. These formats make it easier to schedule care across locations and time zones while keeping the focus on progress and skill building.
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